Words that come from Proto-Indo-European kʷos

400 words across 55 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷos — including who, what, whose, whatever, somewhat, nice, summit, whatsoever.

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English (206)

Italian (40)

Latin (27)

French (15)

Dutch (8)

Esperanto (8)

Ido (7)

Sanskrit (5)

Swedish (5)

Galician (5)

Asturian (5)

Catalan (4)

Middle Dutch (4)

Russian (4)

Middle Low German (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Polish (3)

Proto-Indo-European (2)

West Frisian (2)

Dalmatian (2)

Proto-Celtic (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Mirandese (2)

Old Irish (2)

Kristang (2)

Old Spanish (2)

Lithuanian (2)

North Frisian (1)

Danish (1)

Icelandic (1)

Aromanian (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Latvian (1)

Istriot (1)

Czech (1)

Slovene (1)

Frankish (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Ligurian (1)

Novial (1)

German Low German (1)

Slovak (1)

Welsh (1)

Tatar (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Middle French (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old Prussian (1)

Irish (1)

Faroese (1)

Urdu (1)

Turkish (1)

Telugu (1)